Detachable book cover



W. W. DISMUKES. DETACHABLE BOOK COVER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-25,1921- Patentd Feb.21, 1922.

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Application filed January 25, 1921. Serial No. 139,845

To all whom it may concern: a 7

Be it known that I, WALTER WV. DIsMUKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Book Covers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in books and more particu larly to a removable cover for check books, draft books and the like, the main object of the present invention being the provision of a cover and a pad or a book form arranged between the cover portions and provided with means whereby the pad may be detachably connected to one portion of the cover so that the pad can be readily re-v moved from. the cover portions when desired. Another ob ect of my invention is the pro VISlOII of a book having a cover and having a pad arranged within the cover preferably used in the form of bank checks, drafts and the like, whereby when the main portions of the checks are used, the stubs which are detachably connected to the cover portion can be readily detached from the cover and'a new pad of checks placed between the cover so that the cover portion can be used for any number f pads desired.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view, illustrating the pad removed from the cover fastener;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the pad in position and the fastening members in dotted lines, and V Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2. V

In carrying out my invention I desire to provide a flat open cover for check books, drafts and the like which are preferably used by banking institutions to be supplied the check pads has been entirely used, the

remaining stubs can be readily detached from the cover to permit the insertion of a new pad.

The cover includes inv the present'illustration the front member 1 and the back Specification of Letters I-atent. Patented Feb, 21 1922,

inner ends arranged parallel with the inner edge of the member 5, thus forming a longitudinal end 7 in connection with the arcuate portion 6.

In the present instance I have illustrated a check pad 8 which is about to be connected with the cover in Figure 1. The pad is provided with the usual stub portions 9 which are connected together by means of the fasteners 10, said fasteners including a head portion having yieldable arms pr0jeoting therefrom, the ends of which are adapted to be opened on the back of the stubs in opposite directions as illustrated in dottedlines 11 in Figures 1 and 2.

In connecting the pad portion 8 to the member 5, the securing pins are engaged within the arouate slots 6 and the pins moved through the slots 6 into the longitudinal portion 7 whereby the pad member 8 and the stubs 9 will be securely retained in position between the book covers and after the checks from the pad portion 8 have all been used and torn from the stubs 9, the complete record of each check which has been previously written upon the stubs 9 can be retained 1n the owners possession without the necessity of keeping the entire book coverin as the stub portions can be readily detac ed from the book cover by removin the fastening pins from the slots 6 and It will be noted that when these books are put out by a banking institution, each book containing a sheet of three or four checks, it

checks have been recorded can be thrown back out of the way so that the unused stub portions will be readily accessible.

I wish it to be understood that while I have shown and described the particular means of the use of the slotted plates 5 and the pins 10 for detachably connecting the pad to the book cover, any suitable fastening means can be used for detachably connecting the pad to the cover whereby the checks and stub portions will be readily accessible to the user so that the checks can be readily removed from the book and the stub portions be in a position to be quickly and readil removed from the cover when it is desirec to insert a new check book. The principal object of the invention being the provision of a removable cover for check pads, draft books and the like, whereby the record stubs which contain the records of the checks or drafts withdrawn from the pads can be readily retained by the user in a compact form so as to occupy minimum space and whereby the cover can be used for different sets of check pads and the like.

I claim: 7 ilvA book cover lncluding a front and back, member having hinge connection, a

plate member secured to the back portion and having one of its edges bent upon itself to form a flange, said flange being provided with spaced slots and a pad provided with pins adapted to be removably arranged within said slots to retain the pad in position between the front and back portions of the cover.

2. A device of the class describedinclud ing a front portion and a back portion hingedly connected, a plate member secured to the back portion adjacent one of its longi tudinal edges, one of the edges of said plate being bent upon itself to provide a flange arranged in spaced relation with the body of the plate, said flange having spaced arouate slots therein, the inner end of each of said slots terminating into a longitudinal portion extending parallel with the edges of the flange and a pad having pins for engagement within said slots. i

In testimony whereof flix my signature.

WALTER W. DISMUKES 

